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All about breastfeeding
First Feed It is important that your baby latched on as soon after birth as she wants to, infact if you have a normal drug free delivery and your baby is delivered directly onto your stomach, she should instinctively mak...read more
Aspartame caused brain seizures
Aspartame is the generic name for "NutraSweet", which is owned by Monsanto Corp. FDA okayed Aspartame for limited food use in the early l980s. In June 1996, FDA sanctioned use of As...read more
Folic acid
What is folic acid? Folate, one of the B-group vitamins, is also called folic acid. It plays a crucial role in early foetal nervous system development, red blood cell ...read more
Foods that boost your mood
Eating a diet that is healthy and varied is no doubt the best way to help you boost your mood through food. To help achieve a healthy diet, make sure you include foods from each of these groups: Carbohydrate...read more
Keeping morning sickness in check
Up to 80% of pregnant women suffer from some form of morning sickness (which can generally be defined as nausea or vomiting that starts in the first trimester and can last anywhere from a few...read more
Nephrotic syndrome: causes, signs and symptoms
General Information Nephrotic syndrome is a condition characterised by abnormally high levels of protein in the urine (proteinuria). This syndrome is a common clinical feature of a variety of diseases that a...read more
Nutritients in the vegan diet
The key to a nutritionally sound vegan diet is variety. A healthy and varied vegan diet includes fruits, vegetables, plenty of leafy greens, whole grain products, nuts, seeds, and legumes. Protein It is ver...read more
Proteins in the vegan diet
Some Americans are obsessed with protein. Vegans are bombarded with questions about where they get their protein. Athletes used to eat thick steaks before competition because they thought it ...read more
Raising health children
There is nothing that gives a parent more pleasure than seeing their children grow up healthy and happy. Over the past twenty years, I have had the good fortune to observe many children. The ones I am most fa...read more
The foods you eat determine your health
Somewhere caught up in your busy lifestyle, between your Palm Pilot or Blackberry, day planner, lap top, the kids sports, piano lessons, traffic, and household duties, being healthy got deleted from your agen...read more
Vegetarians and vegans need protein too !
Vegetarians Plant protein can meet requirements when a variety of plant foods is consumed and energy needs are met. In more restrictive diets, where variety and energy intake is limited, greater atten...read more
Vegetarians: who are they and what do they eat
What is a vegetarian? Vegetarians do not eat meat, fish, and poultry. Vegans are vegetarians who abstain from eating or using all animal products, including milk, cheese, other dairy items, ...read more
Vitamin B 1
What is vitamin B1 (thiamine)? Vitamin B, also called thiamine, is one of the B-complex vitamins. All of these vitamins play an essential role in metabolism.Thiamine, like all the other B-complex vitamins an...read more
Vitamin B6
What is vitamin B6? Vitamin B6 is also called pyridoxine, which was previously known as pyridoxol. Your body uses Vitamin B6 to metabolise protein into amino acids and vice ...read more
Vitamin K: What we know about it
Vitamin K is a necessary participant in synthesis of several proteins that mediate both coagulation and anticoagulation. Vitamin K deficiencyread moreWhat is Cholesterol?
Dietary cholesterol is a waxy substance found only in foods of animal origin such as poultry, beef, fish, eggs and dairy products. Fruits and vegetables do not contain cholesterol. Cholesterol is necessary to...read more
What Is von Willebrand Disease?
Von Willebrand disease is an inherited bleeding disorder. Children born with the disease have one or both of the following: Low levels of a protein that helps the blood to clot, or...read more
Will I get enough protein if I don't eat any meat?
The answer is Yes. Vegetarians get their protein comes from four main sources. Nuts and seeds e.g. almonds, cashews, walnuts, hazelnuts, peanuts, sesame seeds, sunflower seeds. Beans and lentils e.g. haricot beans (the t...read more
You are what you eat
Every day we are bombarded with information from advertisers or the media and celebrity endorsed fad diets are never far from the news. It can be hard to know who to listen to when it comes to eating the right foods. Eating a...read more
